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HDS 1544

Paul's Letters and Their Interpreters: Ethnicity, Empire, the Body, and the End of the World

Laura S. Nasrallah

Description

This introductory course focuses on 1) the Pauline epistles in their first-century context, and their earliest interpretations; 2) recent trends in Pauline studies, including feminist and postcolonial interpretation, the New Perspective, and European philosophical treatments (Badiou, Zizek). Special attention will be given to ideas of the gendered/enslaved body and its potential for transformation and pollution, ethnicity in the Roman world, the relations of communities to Roman imperial power, and views of time and the impending eschaton.

Enrollment Limited: No
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1413

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Fall 2010
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	New Testament and Early Christianity Religion, Literature, and Culture
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Scriptural Interpretation
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	none
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 1
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a